
Conquering Our Unseen Enemies
:Understanding Enemy Tactics and His Influence in Our Lives. This podcast will discuss how Satan's kingdom functions to create conflict, chaos and influences our decisions and outcomes when we don't even realize it. We will discuss his strategies and provide a deeper understanding to develop your discernment and eliminate his influence in your life. Since before the earth was formed, there was an unseen kingdom. At some point, that kingdom became divided when "Satan fell like lightning from Heaven", as described by Jesus in Luke 10:18. The division was a result of Satan wanting to ascend over God, Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 tells us the story. We know that the kingdom of Satan is highly organized and that he roams the earth looking for ways to influence our lives. In Job 1:6-7, we read of Satan doing just that, and we know his kingdom is organized because it came out of heaven and when he fell, so did the angels under him. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of order, so the kingdom of Satan coming out of Heaven, would likewise be a kingdom of order. These two unseen kingdoms remain in continual conflict around us, but most are oblivious to what is happening and how it influences us in our daily lives. Paul gives us more insight in Ephesians 6:11-12, "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." We know these forces are still in conflict today because the final battles yet to come are revealed to us in the Book of Revelation beginning with Chapter 4.
Conquering Our Unseen Enemies
Spiritual Gift Series: Gift of Healings
Welcome Back! I am your host Dawn Simmons and in this episode of Conquering Our Unseen Enemies and in this episode we are discussing the gift of healings. Our purpose is to reveal what the Bible tells us about it, look at some healings in the Bible. Next week, as we close out the year, we will discuss miraculous powers to complete this series on the Spiritual Gifts.
Top Show points:
· We continued our discussion of the spiritual gifts and in this episode we discussed the gift of healings.
· 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
· 9 Spiritual Gifts are: wisdom, word of knowledge, faith, healings, miraculous powers, prophecy, discerning of spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues.
· There are Power gifts, Revelation gifts and Spoken gifts
· The gift of healings. This gift is often treated with such skepticism and those who have it are frequently maligned and dishonored.
· Today, we rely on science, on being able to prove things definitively that we won’t allow a place in our world for healings. Our rational mind won’t accept them, it’s like a veil covering our eyes from the truth of God. The enemy is the one that has created that veil.
· The gift of healings is not where people are praying for someone to be healed. The gift of healings is not where the elders come and lay hands on and anoint someone who is ill. That is what we should be doing, but it does not require an anointing to do.
· The gift of healings is a spiritual gift, a supernatural gift. It will only function out of the power of the Holy Spirit.
· Paul, Acts 28, the aftermath of the shipwreck, Paul and the men washed ashore onto Malta and healed everyone.
· There are those who have or have had a healing ministry, and they are exceptional in healing Diabetes, but not as successful in heart conditions.
· Example with Jesus, Luke 8 where woman was healed just by touching his cloak
· Acts 19, Paul was in Ephesus and people were healed by touching his cloak without him being present, just a piece of it.
· Shared a story from years ago when I received my anointing for gift of healing from Randy Clark
· Shared story of praying for woman over her rent and then praying over her eyes, to recover from blindness
We encourage you:
· To have an active Bible reading plan, it will be helpful in gaining wisdom and understanding and it is required for the gift of spiritual discernment
· If you want to learn more about how to Hear God's Voice, visit our website, lovingconversationssalo.com. My book, Loving Conversations: How to Pray and Hear God's Voice has helped so many people in their relationship with the Lord, check out the testimonials. There is also a companion Study Guide. Those are available on the website www.lovingconversationssalo.com.
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I have enjoyed our time this week and look forward to spending time with you again next week!
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